[Rhodes22-list] Oh boy...

[Goodness]

My first thought was to encourage you to fix it as all of those problems are repairable.....but....if you want to sail next winter i would part it out.  The hulls were solid, but the deck is cored.  It can be fixed by removing the deck and separating the top and bottom fiberglass layers and rebonding pt plywood back in as a core.  I.e. Lots of work, glassing, and sanding! Yuk!  The floor is easy to glass in new stringers and replacing the floor.
Another option is look for another rhodes esp one with a good deck and a busted hull.
If you part it out i want a chance to buy the sliding hatch lid/ pop top.
Bob (spreadgoodnews at gmail.com)



On Feb 15, 2012, at 5:49 PM, Austin Carter <acarter250 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well,  I got it home last night and this afternoon I looked over it a
> little more. I attached some pics below.
> 
> The hull itselft seems pretty solid, the transom seems to be dry (at least
> the bottom where the plug goes, was poking around and it was solid and dry)
> The rest of the boat is a different story. After pulling a panel off I got
> access to under the cockpit, the floor supports are completely rotten as
> you can see in the pic. After pulling out some screws I found that the deck
> above the cabin seems to be rotten in between the glass as well, as is the
> gunwalls on the sides of the cockpit. I found a  hole that I assume was
> used for an atenna cable on the top of the cockpit, I couldn't even find
> any wood in between the layers there, I'm guessing it's all rotted away.
> 
> In the lazarette there is a raised "shelf?" incased in fiberglass on each
> side of the compartment. I assume this is structural?, or part of the foam?
> Anyways, someone at some point screwed a small eye bolt through it on the
> side. I pulled it out and out came water :-(. So whatever is in there is
> filled with water, I'm guessing wood. The interior is completely shot
> (looks like it's been chaged a few times), but I knew that and was planning
> a full rebuild of the inside.
> 
> So it looks like this boat isn't going to see the water, or any more of my
> money. The good part is that I only paid $600 for everything, that's why I
> wasn't real concerned if it was too far gone, and I figure the trailer
> should be worth half that, good solid trailer just needs some TLC. The main
> sail is useable but could use a cleaning and the jib looks pretty clean,
> and all the rigging seems to be there and in decent shape. So who knows
> where I'll go from here, I woundn't mind spending time and money on it, but
> it seems like the problems I found are beyond repair.
> 
> I attached a few pics below.
> 
> Austin
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